1.   He has directed a string of hit movies.

2.   Making hit movies is old hat for him.

3.   The hit movie has made dinosaurs big business -- one company is struggling to meet demand for models selling at more than seventy pounds a time.

4.   And people who return a hit movie early get a dollar back and a bag of popcorn.

5.   At the same time, though, if everybody knew what a hit movie was then there would be only hit movies, right?

6.   Blockbuster is suffering amid a lack of hit movies, failed marketing strategies, high costs and competition from retail outlets like Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

7.   A theater piece can be a hit with a tiny fraction of the audience needed to generate a hit movie.

8.   A series of hit movies in the quarter, and holdovers from the previous quarter, boosted revenue beyond the industry standard, said Cineplex Odeon spokesman Howard Lichtman.

9.   Again, since the hit movie about a family fishing in the Rockies, the sport has enjoyed a surge that has not yet petered out.

10.   Chow down on the adorable talking pig that had a way with sheep in the hit movie?